Let's start at the very beginningA very good place to startWhen you read you begin with A-B-CWhen you sing you begin with do-re-mi

Do-re-mi, do-re-miThe first three notes just happen to beDo-re-mi, do-re-mi

Maria:Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-tispoken Let's see if I can make it easy

Doe, a deer, a female deerRay, a drop of golden sunMe, a name I call myselfFar, a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling threadLa, a note to follow SewTea, a drink with jam and breadThat will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)

Maria and Children:(Repeat above verse twice)

Maria:Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-doSo-do!

Maria:(spoken)Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so onare only the tools we use to build a song.Once you have these notes in your heads,you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.Like this.

So Do La Fa Mi Do Respoken Can you do that?Children:So Do La Fa Mi Do ReMaria:So Do La Ti Do Re DoChildren:So Do La Ti Do Re DoMaria:spoken Now, put it all together.

Maria and Children:So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re DoMaria:spoken Good!Brigitta:spoken But it doesn't mean anything.Maria:spoken So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this.

When you know the notes to singYou can sing most anythingspoken Together!

Maria and Children:When you know the notes to singYou can sing most anything

Doe, a deer, a female deerRay, a drop of golden sunMe, a name I call myselfFar, a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling threadLa, a note to follow SewTea, a drink with jam and breadThat will bring us back to Do

Maria and Children:Doe, a deer, a female deerRay, a drop of golden sunMe, a name I call myselfFar, a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling threadLa, a note to follow SewTea, a drink with jam and breadThat will bring us back to